Wayne,
There are places that heat treat, we use one in Oregon .
We sent our first batch of crates with samples of all the types of
cushioning material in one of the crates
the only thing that was distorted or harmed was very thin
polyethylene (shrunk)
the certificate marks must be visible , if they are painted over my
guess is the crates are no longer legal. ?
most of our crates were painted and the heat treatment didn't
affect it .
other materials, if you read the ispm it would seem you can use
plastic wood or any wood that is processed
using heat such as plywood or osb or waferwood etc. we found this
to not be exactly true , we were
told that even by using those materials without being a "certified
shop" the crates still needed to be treated perhaps
Brian Cooke will chime in here ?
We also considered methyl bromide.....a little research and I think
you will not view methyl bromide as an option at all.
Daryl Witcraft
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Kawamoto"
<waynek@hawaii.edu>
To: "PACIN ListServe" <pacinlist@pacin.org>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 10:34 AM
Subject: ISPM 15 for Dummies: Meeting wood packaging material
standards for crating and shipping artwork
Hello,
Does anyone have information about preparing wooden crates for
shipment that conforms to the ISPM 15? We will be sending a
traveling exhibition to various states within the U.S. before it
goes to Taiwan. I know that solid wood parts need to be heat
treated or methyl bromide fumigated. We have been reusing crates
that contain foam inserts for cushioning individual works in
separate compartments within the crate.
Some of the questions that I am initially concerned with:
Is there some place that heat treats completed crates?
Do ethafoam and other cushioning material need to be removed prior
to heat treatment?
What happens to a crate that is painted and certificate marks are
covered?
What other materials are available to replace the 1" pine battens
and fir 2x4s typically used in construction?
Thank you for any help,
Wayne Kawamoto
Exhibit Designer
University of Hawaii Art Gallery